THEME

DETECTION

 In this type of questions, a paragraph is given

followed by certain statements which may or
may not be derived from the passage.
You are required to choose that statement which
contains the theme of the passage i.e. the idea
that it conveys.

Question
Due to enormous profits involved in smuggling, hundreds of persons have been
attracted towards this anti-national activity. Some of them became millionaires
overnight. India has a vast coastline both on the Eastern and Western Coast. It
has been a heaven for smugglers who have been carrying on their activities
with great impunity. There is no doubt, that from time to time certain seizures
were made by the enforcement authorities, during raids and ambush but even
allowing
these
losses
the
smugglers
made
huge
profits.

The passage best supports the statement that

A. smuggling hampers the economic development of a nation.
B. smuggling ought to be curbed.
C. authorities are taking strict measures to curb smuggling.
D. smuggling is fast increasing in our country owing to the quick profit it entails.

 Answer: Option D

Question
Though the waste of time or the expenditure on fashions is very
large, yet fashions have come to stay. They will not go, come
what may. However, what is now required is that strong efforts
should be made to displace the excessive craze for fashion from
the minds of these youngsters.
The passage best supports the statement that:
A. fashion is the need of the day.
B. the excessive craze for fashion is detrimental to one's
personality.
C. the hoard for fashion should be done away with so as not to let
down the constructive development.
D. work and other activities should be valued more than the
outward appearance.

 Answer: Option C

Question
One of the important humanitarian by-products of technology is the
greater dignity and value that it imparts to human labour. In a highly
industrialized society, there is no essential difference between
Brahmin and Dalit, Muslim and Hindu; they are equally useful and
hence equally valuable for in the industrial society individual
productivity fixes the size of the pay cheque and this fixes social
status.
The passage best supports the statement that:
A. technology decides individual's social status.
B. castes and religions are man-made.
C. human labour has dignity and value.
D. all individuals, irrespective of caste and creed, are born equal.
E. industrial society is a great leveller of men.

 Answer: Option C

Question
The future of women in India is quite bright and let us hope that they
will justify their abilities by rising to the occasion. Napoleon was right
when he declared that by educating the women we can educate the
whole nation. Because a country can never rise without the
contribution of 50% of their population.

The passage best supports the statement that:

A. India is striving hard for the emancipation of women.
B. all women should be well educated.
C. a nation can progress only when women are given equal rights
and opportunities as men.
D. women ought to be imparted full freedom to prove their worth and
contribute to the progress of the nation.

 Answer: Option D

Question
Throughout the ages the businessman has helped build
civilisation's great cities, provided people with luxuries and artists
with patronage, and lift his fellow citizens to understand the
standard of living. In the last few centuries the businessman has
seeded the Industrial Revolution around the world.

The passage best supports the statement that the businessman A. is accountable to the society.
B. lives luxurious and comfortable life.
C. is the beneficiary of the Industrial Revolution.
D. is capable of raising his standard of living.
E. has contributed to the growth of civilisation.

 Answer: Option E

Question
There is a shift in our economy from a manufacturing to a
service orientation. The increase in service-sector will require
the managers to work more with people rather than with
objects and things from the assembly line.

This passage best supports the statement that:

A. managers should have a balanced mind.
B. assembly line will exist in service organisations.
C. interpersonal skills will become more important in the future
work place.
D. manufacturing organisations ignore importance of people.
E. service organisations will not deal with objects and things.

 Answer: Option C

Question
The virtue of art does not allow the work to be interfered with
or immediately ruled by anything other than itself. It insists
that it alone shall touch the work in order to bring it into being.
Art requires that nothing shall attain the work except through
art itself.

This passage best supports the statement that:

A. art is governed by external rules and conditions.
B. art is for the sake of art and life.
C. art is for the sake of art alone.
D. artist realises his dreams through his artistic creation.
E. artist should use his art for the sake of society.

 Answer: Option C

Question
Satisfaction with co-workers, promotion opportunities, the nature of
work, and pay goes with high performance among those with strong
growth needs. Among those with weak growth needs, no such
relationship is present - and, in fact, satisfaction with promotion
opportunities goes with low performance.
This passage best supports the statement that:
A. satisfaction is an inevitable organisational variable.
B. job satisfaction and performance are directly and closely related.
C. relationship between job satisfaction and performance is
moderated by growth need.
D. every organisation has few employees having weak growth need.
E. high performance is essential for organisational effectiveness.

 Answer: Option C

Question
The only true education comes through the stimulation of the
child's powers by the demands of the social situations in which
he finds himself. Through these demands he is stimulated to
act as a member of a unity, to emerge from his original
narrowness of action and feeling, and to conceive himself from
the standpoint of the welfare of the group to which he belongs.
The passage best supports the statement that real education A. will take place if the children imbibe action and feeling.
B. will take place if the children are physically strong.
C. is not provided in our schools today.
D. comes through the interaction with social situations.
E. comes from the self-centred approach of the students.

 Answer: Option D

Question
The prevention of accidents makes it necessary not only that
safety devices be used to guard exposed machinery but also that
mechanics be instructed in safety rules which they must follow for
their own protection, and that lighting in the plant be adequate.

The passage best supports the statement that industrial

accidents A. are always avoidable;
B. may be due to ignorance.
C. cannot be entirely overcome.
D. can be eliminated with the help of safety rules.
E. usually result from inadequate machinery.

 Answer: Option D

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CAUSE
AND
EFFECT

 In each of the following questions, two statements

numbered I and II are given. There may be cause and effect
relationship between the two statements.
These two statements may be the effect of the same cause
or independent causes. These statements may be
independent causes without having any relationship.
Read both the statements in each question and mark your
answer as
(A) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect;
(B) If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect;
(C) If both the statements I and II are independent causes;
(D) If both the statements I and II are effects of independent
causes; and
(E) If both the statements I and II are effects of some
common cause.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of
independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some
common cause

Question
Statements:
The prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have
remained unchanged for the past few months.
The crude oil prices in the international market have gone up
substantially in the last few months.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The prices of petrol and diesel being stagnant in
the domestic market and the increase in the
same in the international market must be backed
by independent causes.

Question
Statements:
The government has recently fixed the fees for professional
courses offered by the unaided institutions which are much
lower than the fees charged last year.
The parents of the aspiring students launched a severe
agitation last year protesting against the high fees charged
by the unaided institutions.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent
causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common

 Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The parents' protest against high fees being
charged by the institutions led the government to
interfere and fix the fees at a more affordable
level.

Question
Statements:
The Reserve Bank of India has recently put restrictions on few
small banks in the country.
The small banks in the private and co-operative sector in India are
not in a position to withstand the competitions of the bigger in the
public sector.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The inability of the small banks to compete with
the bigger ones shall not ensure security and
good service to the customers, which is an
essential concomitant that has to be looked into
by the Reserve Bank. I seems to be a remedial
step for the same.

Question
Statements:
All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of
the week.
Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local
schools.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Closing the schools for a week and the parents
withdrawing their wards from the local schools
are independent issues, which must have been
triggered by different individual causes.

Question
Statements:
India has surpassed the value of tea exports this year over all the
earlier years due to an increase in demand for quality tea in the
European market.
There is an increase in demand of coffee in the domestic market
during the last two years.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The two statements discuss two separate
statistical and generalised results.

Question
Statements:
There is unprecedented increase in the number of young
unemployed in comparison to the previous year.
A large number of candidates submitted applications against an
advertisement for the post of manager issued by a bank.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common
cause

 Answer: Option A
Explanation:
An increase in the number of unemployed youth
is bound to draw in huge crowds for a single
vacancy.

Question
Statements:
The police authority has recently caught a group of house
breakers.
The citizens group in the locality have started night vigil in the
area.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option E
Explanation:
Both the statements are clearly backed by a
common cause, which is clearly an increase in
the number of thefts in the locality.

Question
Statements:
Majority of the students in the college expressed their opinion
against the college authority's decision to break away from the
university and become autonomous.
The university authorities have expressed their inability to provide
grants to its constituent colleges.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Clearly, the university's decision to refuse grant
to the colleges must have triggered the college
authority to become autonomous.

Question
Statements:
The literacy rate in the district has been increasing for the last four
years.
The district administration has conducted extensive training
programme for the workers involved in the literacy drive.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Clearly, the increase in the literacy rate may be
attributed directly to the stringent efforts of the
district administration in this direction.

Question
Statements:
The school authority has asked the X Std. students to attend
special classes to be conducted on Sundays.
The parents of the X Std. students have withdrawn their wards
from attending private tuitions conducted on Sundays.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common
cause

 Answer: Option A
Explanation:
It seems quite evident that the parents have
instructed their wards to abstain from private
tuitions on Sundays and attend special classes
organised by the school.

Question
Statements:
The Government has imported large quantities of sugar as per
trade agreement with other countries.
The prices of sugar in the domestic market have fallen sharply in
the recent months.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The increase in supply always triggers a
reduction in the prices.

Question
Statements:
There is sharp decline in the production of oil seeds this year.
The Government has decided to increase the import quantum of
edible oil.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common
cause

 Answer: Option A
Explanation:
A sharp decline in oilseed production is bound to
reduce oil supply and import of oil is the only
means to restore the essential supply.

Question
Statements:
The private medical colleges have increased the tuition fees in the
current year by 200 per cent over the last year's fees to meet the
expenses.
The Government medical colleges have not increased their fees in
spite of price escalation.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The increase in the fees of the private colleges
and there being no increase in the same in
Government colleges seem to be policy matters
undertaken by the individual decisive boards at
the two levels.

Question
Statements:
Large number of people living in the low-lying areas has been
evacuated during the last few days to safer places.
The Government has rushed in relief supplies to the people living
in the affected areas.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

 Answer: Option E
Explanation:
Evacuating low-lying areas and rushing in relief
to the affected areas clearly indicates that floods
have occurred in the area.

Question
Statements:
It is the aim of the city's civic authority to get the air pollution
reduced by 20% in the next two months.
The number of asthma cases in the city is constantly increasing.

A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common
cause

 Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The increase in number of asthma cases must
have alerted the authorities to take action to
control air pollution that triggers the disease.

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YOU